"akakkasanti imaṃ dhammadesanaṃ satthā veḷuvane viharanto pilindavacchattheraṃ ārabbha kathesi.

So kirāyasmā "ehi vasali, yāhi vasalītiādīni vadanto gihīpi pabbajitepi vasalivādeneva samudācarati. Athekadivasaṃ sambahulā bhikkhū satthu ārocesuṃ "āyasmā bhante pilindavaccho bhikkhū vasalivādena samudācaratīti. Satthā taṃ pakkosāpetvā "saccaṃ kira tvaṃ pilindavaccha bhikkhū vasalivādena samudācarasīti pucchitvā, "evaṃ bhanteti vutte, tassāyasmato pubbenivāsaṃ manasikaritvā "mā kho tumhe bhikkhave vacchassa bhikkhuno ujjhāyittha, na bhikkhave vaccho dosantaro bhikkhū vasalivādena samudācarati, vacchassa bhikkhave bhikkhuno pañca jātisatāni abbokiṇṇāni sabbāni tāni brāhmaṇakule pacchājātāni, so tassa dīgharattaṃ vasalivādo samudāciṇṇo; khīṇāsavassa nāma kakkasaṃ pharusaṃ paresaṃ ghaṭṭanavacanameva natthi, āciṇṇavasena hi mama putto evaṃ kathetīti vatvā dhammaṃ desento imaṃ gāthamāha

"akakkasaṃ viññāpaniṃ giraṃ saccaṃ udīraye,

yāya nābhisaje kañci, tamahaṃ brūmi brāhmaṇanti.